Longevity. Production. Fertility. These are the cornerstones of production at Fair Cape's dairy farms, Welgegund and Three Sisters, near Durbanville in the Western Cape. The most important of these is longevity, according to Johannes Loubser, director of farming operations.
Loubser knows what he is talking about. He won the ARC National Master Dairyman of the Year Award in 2015, 2018, 2020 and 2022, as well as the Western Cape's Master Dairy Farmer of the Year in 2012. At the time of writing, the dairy had about 2 500 cows in milk, consisting of approximately 2 120 Holsteins, 210 Ayrshires for their branded programme at Woolworths, and 170 Jerseys to boost milk solids.
Fair Cape also has 2 500ha of land under a rotation of wheat, canola and oats, as well as 350ha of lucerne under irrigation.
PRODUCTION
A lot has changed since Loubser's father, Eduard, started the
